Use Case 4 - Exchanging Structured Clinical Data

This use case has been created by the HIMSS Interoperability Maturity Model (IMM) Task Force as a sample of basic technical capabilities necessary for achieving interoperability and improved care processes through health information technology.

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This use case describes the capability of a health information system to capture data in a specified structure, with data elements such as clinical vocabularies used in a standardized way. The following scenario would test if a health information system can capture clinical data consistently across multiple instances or of data entered by multiple clinicians.